Carmelo Anthony scored 39 points for the Nuggets, who used a
late 10-0 run to improve to 5-5 in games decided by three points
or less. Denver has won nine of its last 11 meetings with
Chicago.

The Nuggets would not have won without the contributions of
Martin, a former All-Star power forward who has been limited by
knee tendinitis that has caused him to miss 11 games this season.

However, Martin registered his first 20-10 game of the season
and came up big down the stretch with big plays on both ends.

"It was a good game for me," Martin said. "I was able to rebound
better than I have been able to lately and more like the way I
am capable of. My defense is there always. I was just able to
play hard and the other guys played just as hard and helped us
win."

The Nuggets trailed, 91-86, after a three-point play by
Ben Gordon with 2:12 to play. Anthony made two free throws and
Martin added one before Earl Watson gave Denver the lead for
good at 92-91 with a 3-pointer with 48 seconds left.

Andres Nocioni missed a hook that Martin corraled, diving to the
floor and calling timeout. On the next possession, he beat the
shot clock by dribbling left and flipping in an underhanded bank
shot with 15 seconds remaining.

"Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good," Martin said.
"The shot clock was running down and I just tried to get the
ball to the basket and have it hit the rim so I could get an
offensive rebound. I have made a lot of tough shots, but not
like that. That one was incredible."

Nocioni, who leads the NBA in 3-point shooting, missed a shot
from the arc. Anthony, who was 19-of-21 from the line, made
three free throws around a 3-pointer by Gordon before
Chris Duhon missed a half-court runner at the buzzer.

"It's disapointing when You find a away to battle back and have
an opportunity to win late in the game," Duhon said. "Those
things are tough on a player's confidence."

Watson scored 16 points and Andre Miller added 12 and nine
assists for the Nuggets, who won for the fourth time in their
last five games despite missing their first eight shots of the
final period.

"In the fourth quarter, the game became somewhat of a defensive
game," Karl said. "If we were going to keep shooting with them
we were going to get beat, so we started taking the ball to the
basket."

"There is no question we have been fouling too much," Bulls
coach Scott Skiles said. "We have silly fouls, but then I see
the other team fouling like that and not being called.
(Anthony) shot 21 free throws. He almost doubled our whole
team."

Chicago led by 18 points in the second quarter, 10 points at
halftime and 84-77 with 8 1/2 minutes to play but still suffered
its third straight loss.

"Right now it feels like we are finding ways to lose games,"
Hinrich said. "Whether it's by making to many mistakes or
fouling too much, last year it seemed like we had a killer
instinct this year we don't have it."

Hinrich scored 20 points and Darius Songaila added 15 for the
Bulls, who shot 45 percent (37-of-82), including 10-of-22 from
the arc, and held a 46-37 advantage on the glass.

"Kirk plays hard for us every night and almost never gets a
call," Bulls center Othella Harrington said. "We beat them in
every catagory. The game was over if they don't go to the
free-throw line 41 times."